Product Description

Originally cotton scrim was produced for the tayloring industry - heavily impregnated with glue to add as a stiffener to suits and jackets. Window cleaners would have to boil scrim for hours to remove the thick, smelly adhesive.

Today cotton scrim is produced for the window cleaning profession and no longer requires the boiling process. So why the 'prewashed' option?

Cotton is a very absorbent material because it is made up of hundreds of small strands in each thread - more strands mean a large surface are and therefore more absorbency. But now these strands are tightly packed together and the washing process opens up the threads exposing the strands so they are 'ready to go'

PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION:

Save time and effort and spend a few more pence for a ready to go scrim.